Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-20

| dleton was also guilty OF assault by COM
msuding the Doorkeeper tosexclude him.
During these proceedings the lobby OF
| the House was crowded to oyerfiJwing.
A motion TO commit Mr.. Garfield ITO
| jail for contempt was the occasion Cf
much able and eloquent argument. The
| following resolution was read:
Whereas, the respondent, H. S. Can
field, is guilty Of contempt of this House
in OOstructiDg the proceedings; and
Whereas, he wholly failed 10 purge
himself of contempt,
Resolved, that ne is adiudged guilty Of
said contempt, and that he be now i'm
prisOned for the period Of forty-eight
hours, and that the SeTgeantat-Arms of
this House be instructed to take the said
h. S. Garfield into custody and have him
confined IN the county Jail of Travis
county, Tex, in obedience TO this order.
The resolution was carried by vote Of
50 to 81.
The following Is the reason sent up by
some who voted against the resolution
The respondent, Garfield, has expressed
desire to test the cOnstitutiOnality of
the law. We vote nay to give him an Op-
portunity to do so.
After passing this resolution, the House
adjourned until O'Clock tonight.
When the House convened at O'Clock
tonight, Justice Tegener was called upon
to answer the charge Of contempt. He
asked that the Charge be read to him.
His request being complied with, he an
sWered in substance that Mr.. Garfield
came to his office yesterday and swore
out q complaint for George G. PendletOD
and one Montgomery, and he did not
know that he was the Speaker of the
HOuse of Representatives and only be-
came AWAKE of the fact this afternoon.
A resolution was offered to discharge
Justice Tegener from further attendance
on.the Legislature under charge of con-
tempt. The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Crenshaw was then called upon to
answer the charge of contempt. He
stated that he executed the process in the
case against Speaker PendletOn and Mr..
Montgomery without any intention to
commit contempt of the House of Rep
resentatives, but only desire 10 do his
duty.
a motion was carried to discharge Mr..
Crenshaw.
A motion was then made and carried
demanding the presence CT the Sergeant
alarms with the prisoner, Mr.. Garfield,
which he Obeyed, and writ
of commitment. signed by the
Speaker and Chief Clerk, commando. 9
him to commit the prisoner 20 jail 10
serve out the sentence Of the House for
contempt was placed in his hands for CX-
eCutiOn. The Sergeant-at-ArmS received
the writ and departed with the prisoner,
but returned in a short time and reporFed
that the taller refused to receive him IN
less the writ was directed to the Sheriff
or any constable of Travis county.
This information was conveyed TO the
House by the Spesher, and Mr.. Moore of
Travis said paper was being prepared
to meet the emergency.
Mr.. Bell Of Cooke moved that the
Speaker and Chief Clerk be authorized to
sign the necessary papers directed to the
Sheriff of Travis county to have him i'm
prisOned for forty-eight hours and that
the House remain in session until the
process was obeyed. The motion carried.
The process was then signed as directed
and the prisoner was once more sent to
Jail. The jailer received the prisoner
under the process and committed him to
Jail, and this ended one of the most ex-
citing and interesting proceedings that
has occurred III the House this session.
The subject is the topic of conversation
in every public resort in the city.
THE PECOs VALLEY IRRIGATION BILL.
The Pecos valley irrigation bill will
come up for consideration in the Senate
Monday, and the friends of the bill be-
lieve that it has fair chance Of success.
1t is also claimed that the bill is fast gain
ing favor in the House and it's friends feel
hopeful of it's passage.
Personal.
Mr.. Boaz and Hon. John D. Templeton
are in the city.